Remembrance of the Dutch Celebration. November 1863. Premium plate from the stuiver edition 1864
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Commemorative plaque for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the restoration of the independence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in November 1863. Centrally, the laying of the first stone for the National Monument in The Hague by King William III on November 17, 1863. Below, the portraits of the three kings William I, II and III. At the bottom, portraits of Van der Duyn van Maasdam and Kemper and of Van Limburg Stirum and Van Hogendorp. Centrally at the bottom, the Dutch Maiden with the Dutch Lion. On the left, the arrival of the Prince at Scheveningen in 1813 and his oath on the constitution. Also other depictions of the Battle of Quatre-Bras, the flood of 1861 and the illumination of the Palace on the Dam in 1863.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description